Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 7 hours 58 minutes
episode 266: Extreme Cost Cutting
On today's show we discuss peaking inflation, confused banks, whys stocks are the best inflation hedge, and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And feel...
Talk Your Book: Real Estate & Innovation
On today's show we talked with Fundrise founder Ben Miller about the real estate industry as well as the firm's new tech fund. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And...
episode 265: Volatility Hits Main Street
On today's show we discuss stocks for the long run, Elon's Twitter debacle, the labor market vs. inflation, the number of cycles we've experienced since the pandemic, peak inflation and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... ...
Talk Your Book: The State of Commodities
On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Sal Gilbertie from Teucrium about the state of agricultural commodities. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And feel free to shoot...
Talk Your Book: The State of Venture Capital
On today's show, we discuss similarities between the late 90s and today, how tough it is to get VC exposure, current market dynamics within the private markets, and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s ...
episode 264: The Pandemic Broke the Economy
On today's show we talk about why the first 6 months of the year were one of the worst ever for financial markets, why it's so difficult to gauge the economy right now, what's priced into the stock market, the worst earnings call ever, the psychology...
Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Stupidity
On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Michael Grant from Calamos Investments about the Fed, the economy and managing a long/short fund in this environment Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael...
episode 263: Are We Sure a Recession is Coming?
On today's show we discuss stock market return expectations, the sell-off in commodities, the back and forth on recession predictions, fighting the last war on the economy, why crypto crashed so bad, negotiating your cable bill down and much more....
Talk Your Book: Expanding Access to Private Markets
On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Bob Long of Conversus about giving financial advisors access to investments in private markets. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on...
episode 262: Peak Pessimism
On today's show we discuss how wild and crazy the past 3 years have been in the markets, why the Fed is in such a precarious position, the number of stocks getting hammered, the Warren Buffett of crypto, the most re-watchable movie of all-time and...